Aerosmith announces Concord date

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COMMERCIAL IMAGE – In this photograph provided by The Canadian Press Images/Festival d’ete de Quebec via AP Images, Aerosmith performs at the 45th Festival d’ete de Quebec on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City on Thursday, July 12, 2012. The Festival d’ete de Quebec is Canada’s largest music festival with more than 1000 artists and close to 300 shows over 11 days. (The Canadian Press Images PHOTO/Festival d’ete de Quebec via AP Images)

Aerosmith, one of the world’s most popular rock bands, is coming to Concord.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act, which has sold over 150 million records worldwide, performs Aug. 13 at the Concord Pavilion. Guitarist Slash — also a Hall of Famer, for his work with Guns N’ Roses — opens the show.

Jim Harrington is the pop music critic for the Bay Area News Group. He began writing about the Bay Area music scene in 1992 and became the full-time pop music critic for the organization's Oakland Tribune in 2006. He is a South Bay native and graduate of San Francisco State University.

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